Poison

After her stunning recent appearance on Later...with Jools Holland, Martina Topley Bird returns to reveal her darker side with new single ‘Poison’. ‘Poison’ is a track whose infectious, upbeat tone masks a tale of betrayal and regret.

Precise, stop / start riffs rhythms lay beneath swirling percussion, dreamy surf guitar riffs and Danger Mouse’s distinctive production, with Martina’s stunning voice high in the mix. Martina’s laidback vocal talent does justice to her otherworldly lyrics and smooth coupling verses “Make a wish and blow it out / love will begin again”.

‘Poison’ comes complete with remixes from Van She (Modular) and The Officers. Van She take Martina’s original vocal and mixes it with a hypnotic, psyche-house track that builds and builds, whilst The Officers give an epic electro re-working of the track – both look set to be big club favourites.

Martina Topley-Bird is one of British pop’s great mavericks, and holds a lengthy back catalogue of musical collaborations such as Tricky, Diplo, Gorillaz, Mark Lanegan, Luciano, Primus, to name but a few. With her extensive musical history (a milestone being a Mercury Music award nominee in 2004, for debut album ‘Quixotic’), Martina’s year looks set to be hugely exciting with The Blue God album which shows off her creative zenith as a true chameleon of pop.

‘The Blue God’ album is out 12th May.